Photograph mounting corner



Oct. 17, 1944. LARTZ PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTING CORNER Filed 001:. 13, 1941 {Patented a. 17, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,360,693 PHOTOGRAPH. MOUNTING CORNER George F. Lartz, Spring, Wis.

Application October 13, 1941, Serial No. 414,823

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in mounting devices for cards, photographs, pictures, and the like, and one of the objects of the same is to produce a simple corner or pocket into which the corner of the card is inserted, and by means of which the card may be secured to a mounting surface, either removably. or permanently. V r

r A further object is to provide an improved device of this character, formed of a single piece of any suitable material, preferably gummed on one surface and adapted to be folded to form a pocket, and the portion forming the front wall of the pocket may be of any desired configuration, and either plain, embossed, or suitably ornamented toLadd to the artistic effect of the mountmg.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this character, in which the front wall of the pocket will be reinforced to protect the same from becoming torn by the insertion of the corner of the card or photograph thereinto.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, comblnation and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank for producing one form of the invention.

Figure 2 is a view showing the blank partially folded.

Figure 3 is a view of the blank folded to a greater extent than in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a View of the blank completely folded, and forming the pocket or corner.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a modified form of blank.

Figure 6 is a View of the blank shown in Figure 5, partially folded.

Figure 7 is a view of the blank shown in 5, folded to a further extent.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the pocket or mounting produced from the blank shown in Figure 5, but with the parts unsealed with respectto each other.

Each of the forms of blank may be formedof any suitable material, and in the forms shown in Figures 1 to 4, the blank comprises a body portion'lll which is comparatively long with respect to its width, and one edge of the blank intermediate the extremities, preferably substantially at the longitudinal center, is cut away as at H, to form an open recess.

Extending from the opposite side I 2 of thebody I0 is a flap l3 which is preferably triangular in configuration, the sides I 4 of the flap converging from the points l5, adjacent the edge l2 of the Figure blank, to the apex I6. This apex I6 is preferably in alinement with substantially the central point of the bottom of the cut-outportion II,

The flap I3 is adapted to be folded upon the line I1, which latter coincides with the edge 12 of the blank, and the blank is provided with an aperture l8 therethrough, which intersects the fold line IT. This aperture is preferably in alinement with theapex l6 of the flap and the cutout port;on II in the edge of the blank.

One face of the blank; including the flap [3, is preferably coated with an adhesive, such as gum, or the like, and the blank I0 is weakened along the lines 19, and folded upon itself in directions away from the gummed surface, so that the folded portions will form the back wall of a pocket. The portion 20 of the blank intermediate the lines l9 w.ll constitute the front wall of the pocket, and the weakened portions of the lines l9 converge from the points I5 at the base of the flap 13, to the point 2! at the bottom of the cut-out portion II, thereby forming a substantially triangular portion 20 which conforms in shape and contour to the flap I3.

When the folded portions of the blank are disposed against the back of the portion 20, the edges 22 will slightly overlap, as shown more clearly in F.gure 3, and, if desired, these overlapping edges may be secured together by moistening the adjacent adhesive surfaces.

The flap I3 is folded in the opposite'direction to that in which the end portions of the body [0 are folded, so that the flap and end portions in their folded positions will be adjacent opposite faces of the body. ,Thefiap may. be folded upon the line I! against the face of the portion 20 of theblank, either before or after the ends of the blank are folded along the lines l9, and when the flap I3 is thus folded, its adhesive surface will be moved into contact with the adhesive face of the portion 29, and the two may be sealed together bymoistening the adhesive surface.

When the flap I3 is thus folded, the aperture [8 which intersects the fold line H, will form an open recess 23a, as shown more clearly in Figure' 4, so as not only to serve as a means for assisting in guiding the corner of a card into the pocket; but also to serve as ameans of ornamentation,

The flap l 3, being folded against theportion 20, serves to re-inforce the front wall of the pocket.

When the pocket is thusformed, the gummed surface of the folded portions of the blank will beexposed, and "serves as a means whereby the pocket or corner may be secured to a mounting surface, and 'in this form of the invention the adjacent faces of both of thewalls of the pocket will be free from adhesive material. T

The apex of the portion 20of the blank, as well as the apex l6 of the flap, when the pocket is formed, are coincident with the point 2| of the cut-away portion II.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 5 to 8, the blank consists of a body portion 23 which is also comparatively long with respect to its width, and is provided with a cut-out portion 24 along one edge, with fold lines 25 similar to the lines l9, upon which the ends of the body of the blank are folded to produce the central portion 26.

In this form of the invention, the blank is provided with a flap 2'! corresponding to the flap l3, and is also provided with a supplemental portion 28 which is out along the lines 29, which converge from the fold line 30 to the edge 3| of the portion 28, so as to form two supplemental flaps one on each side of the portion 21.

The entire face of the blank, and the portions 21 and 28, are preferably coated with an adhesive substance, such as gum or the like, and the portions 28 of the blank are folded along the line 30 against the back of the portion 23, and the edge of the portions 28 formed by the cut or lines 29 coincide with the respective fold or weakened lines 25 of the portion 23, as shown more clearly in Figure 6. If desired, the portion 28 may be of a slightly less width than the portion 23.

When the blank is thus partially folded, the portion 23 is then folded along the lines 25 in the direction away from the gummed surface, and as the gummed surface of the portions 28 will be exposed, they will overlap, the portions 28 and 23 forming the back wall of the pocket, which wall is provided on both of its surfaces with an adhesive, so that the pocket may be secured to a mounting, and the end of the card which is inserted into the pocket may also be secured to'the pocket.

The flap 2'! may be folded against the portion 26 either before or after the blank has been shaped into a pocket, and as the gummed surfaces of the flap 2'! and the portion 26 will be disposed adjacent each other, they may be sealed together by moistening the gummed surfaces.

The opening 30a in the blank intersects the fold line 3| of the flap 21, to form an open recess 32, as shown more clearly in Figure 8.

With this form of the invention it will be manifest that the front wall of the pocket will not only be re-inforced, but the pocket may be secured to a mounting surface, and the corner of the card which is inserted into the pocket may be permanently secured to the pocket by moistening the adjacent adhesive surfaces, or removably held by the pocket by allowing the gummed surfaces to remain dry.

While the preferred forms of the invention have been herein shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A mounting device of the character described, comprising a body formed from a single piece of material comparatively long with respect to its width, substantially one entire face of said body being gummed, said body having a cut-out portion in one edge spaced from each end thereof, a flap extending from the opposite edge of said body, the central point in the free end of said flap being substantially in alinement with said cut-out portion, whereby when said flap is folded upon said body along a line coinciding with the adjacent edge of the body, the gummed faces of the blank will be brought into contact and the said central point of the flap will register with said cut-out portion, said body on each side of said flap being folded upon itself to form an angular-shaped portion between and defined by the last said folds, the portion of the body between the last said folds forming the front wall of a pocket, the apex of which front wall is coincident with said cut-out portion, the said flap constituting a reinforcement for the front wall of said pocket and serving to cover the outer gummed face thereof, and supplemental flaps extending beyond the same edge of the body from which the first said flap projects, and with the first said flap therebetween, the proximate edges of the supplemental flaps being separated from each other and from the said flap, said supplemental flaps being connected to and foldable against the ungummed face of said body independently of the first said flap, and on lines coinciding with the line of fold of the first said flap, portions of the gummed surfaces of said supplemental flaps constituting one wall of the pocket.

2. A blank for a mountin corner pocket, comprising a body comparatively long with respect to its width, substantially one entire face of the body being gummed, said blank having a longitudinal medial folding line, one edge of the blank,

being cut away at a point intermediate and spaced from the extremities of the blank, the portion of the blank on one side of said medial line being foldable on lines diverging from the bottom of said cut-away portion to and terminating at said medial line, theportion of said blank on the other side of said medial line being cut on lines converging from the said fold line to the opposite edge of the body, to form a separate intermediate flap and two supplemental end flaps, said intermediate flap being foldable against said body on said medial line independently with respect to said supplemental end flaps to provide an outer gummed surface to mount said pocket and an inner gummed surface to which the insertedlcard.

may be secured.

3. A blank for a mounting corner pocket, comprising a body comparatively long with respect to its width, said blank being provided with a longitudinal medial folding line, one edge of the blank being cut away at a point intermediate and spaced from the extremities of the blank,

the portion of the blank on one side of said medial line having folded lines diverging from the bottom of said cut-away portion towards and terminating at said medial line, the portion of said blank on the other side of said medial line being severed on lines converging from the medial folding line to the opposite edge of the body, to form a separate intermediate flap and two supplemental flaps, said intermediate flap being foldable against said body on said medial line independently with respect to and to cover a portion of said supplemental flaps, there being an aperture in said body intersecting the folding line of the intermediate flap and spaced from the extremities of the latter, said blankwhen folded presenting gummed surfaces to an inserted card and to a supporting surface, whereby the corner may be adhesively secured to both. v

. GEORGE F. LAR'IZ. 

